oxalate

From French oxalate, equivalent to oxalic acid +‎ -ate (“salt or ester”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɒksəleɪt/

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oxalate (plural oxalates)

1. (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of oxalic acid.

• antinutrient

Probably directly from the noun, through the influence of -ate (verb-forming suffix).

oxalate (third-person singular simple present oxalates, present participle oxalating, simple past and past participle oxalated)

1. To coat (steel, etc.) with an oxalate.

• oxaluria

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Oxalate”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VII (O–P), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 347.

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oxalate m (plural oxalates)

1. oxalate

• → English: oxalate
• → Romanian: oxalat
• → Turkish: oxalat

• “oxalate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.